Costs of subsistence of person arrested.
6.
The expenses incurred for the subsistence in prison of the person so arrested shall be paid by the
plaintiff or applicant in the action in advance, and the amount so disbursed may be recovered by
the plaintiff or applicant in t i n s unless the judge shall otherwise order. The judge release the
person so imprisoned on failure by the plaintiff to pay the subsistence money, or in case of serious
illness order his removal to hospital.
ORDER 46
COURT SITTING AND VACATION
Days of sittings.
1.
A court may at its discretion, appoint any day(s) and any place(s) from time to time for the hearing
of actions as circumstances require.
Public or private sittings of Court.
2.
The sittings of a Court for the hearing and determination of the rights and obligations of the parties
shall be public, but subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
the Court may, for special reasons, hear any particular action in the presence only of the parties, with
their legal practitioners (if any) and the officers of the Court.
Office hours.
3.
The several offices of the Court shall be open at such limes as the Chief judge shall direct.
Days of sitting: long vacation.
4.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Subject to the directions of the Chief Judge, sittings of the Court for the dispatch of civil matter
will be held on every weekday except:
On any public holiday;
During the week beginning with Easter Monday;
During the period beginning on 23rd December and ending on the 5"' January next following;
During the long vacation, i.e. the period beginning in any day in August and ending on a date not less
than six weeks later ending on a Friday as the Chief Judge may by notification in the Gazette
appoint.
Vacation Courts.
5.
(1) Despite the provisions of rule 4, an action may be heard by a Judge in Court during any of
the periods mentioned in rule 4 (1) (b) or (c), except on a Sunday or public holiday), or sub rule (d),
where the action is urgent or a judge, at the request of all the parties concerned, agrees to hear
the action.
(2)
An application for an urgent hearing shall, be made by summons in Chambers, and the decision of
the Judge on the application shall be final.
Vacation not reckoned in computing time for pleadings etc.